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13.39: As the torch relay convoy motors its way to Newquay we are going to leave you for today. Thank you very much for following our live updates and be sure to come back for more live coverage of selected moments of the 70-day journey across the country. If you want to keep up with the rest of the day's action follow @jacquelinmagnay on Twitter. Have a lovely weekend.

13.27: Nice pic from the National Maritime Museum Cornwall of the handover in Falmouth Harbour:

Photo: Cartel Photos

13.22: We're back into convoy mode for the trip to Newquay, where the torch is celebrating passing its GCSEs. It will use a fake ID to get into nightclubs where, fingers crossed, it will get a snog or two.

13.16: Green comedian Marcus Brigstocke is spectical about climate-scepticism. But he is not sceptical about the torch relay:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Marcus Brigstocke - Truro's filled with happy people about to watch the Olympic flame go by on it's journey to London. It's exciting. I'm glad to be here.&lt;/noframe&gt;

13.13: The torch is slowly making its way towards Truro. A young lady is the latest receipient of the flame. She waves to the crowd, who respond with a hearty cheer. She sets off on a petit-jog.

13.00: The flame reaches Truro some 33 minutes late and we're back under way, with the torchbearer setting a terrific pace for once.

12.56: Wow. How dangerous could that have been?

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Spotlight - Police are investigating reports that a bright red light was shone at the plane carrying the Olympic Flame as it was landing in Cornwall.&lt;/noframe&gt;

12.53: More on those delays from Jacquelin Magnay.

Current delays causing concern to Olympic officials who had scheduled a hasty departure from tonight's evening celebration in Plymouth to watch the football at a local pub. Locog chairman Seb Coe, a big Chelsea fan, is in Germany. He flew there after the evening celebrations at RNAS Culdrose.

12.50: I've decided convoy mode (which involves the torch being driven) is a cop out. Instead we should put our marathon runners who failed to qualify for the Games to use by letting them cover the distance with the torch. Who's with me?

12.43: Tomorrow the torch goes from Plymouth to Brixton in 52 minutes. Either it is being transported by super-high-speed train to SW London or there's a place in the West Country also called Brixton.

12.41: What happens if the torch goes out? Well, I'm glad you asked. On the big coach that is travelling the country are several instances of the "mother flame" captured in specially designed lanterns. They all originate from the same flame sparked in Athens a week or so ago and can relight the torch should it go out.

12.37: It appears as if we are into convoy mode again as the party makes its way to Truro.

12.29: Having been on duty since the beginning of the relay I'm beginning to run out of steam. But the relay continues apace. Here's a latest snap from the live video feed:

12.27: Our current torchbearer must be a local heathrob. Security officials close ranks and prevent him from being mobbed by a group of excitable female spectators. Ooh la la.

12.21: London Olympic organisers have released a mobile app which contains full details of each torchbearer and where they are carrying the flame. They say the delay in giving out a list of day one runners was due to privacy concerns of some of the runners. Not sure if privacy and carrying the flame go hand-in-hand, but thre you have it.

12.20: "This is it!" yells a spectator. It is.

12.16: Correction: the flame is being moved by foot, not by coach. We have a lady torchbearer ready to go...

12.14: It appears as if the convoy is ready to go on the road to Truro....

12.12: Here's another piece from today's fantastic torch relay supplement in the Daily Telegraph. Ian Chadband talks to Austin Playfoot, who was part of the relay team the last time the Olympics came to London:

Compared to the 70-day, 1,019-stop, 8,000-runner, no-expense-spared, round-Britain extravaganza which will deliver the London 2012 flame to Stratford, the 1948 torch relay that wended its way from Dover to Wembley Stadium was bathed in faintly organised chaos and lasted less than a day. But what a day.

12.08: We're meant to be in Truro at 12.27pm but I don't think the coach has even left Falmouth.

12.05: Claire's leg, which started so promisingly, ended with a bit of a trudge really. We're waiting for the next convoy to begin.

12.04: Torchbearer Sarah Blight shows her support for Britain:

11.56: Just to update. Claire is torchbearer No 55 of 139 today. Today's 136-mile journey began at Land's End with Ben Ainslie and will end this evening with a celebration at the Hoe in Plymouth.

11.53: There's 69 days to go but big crowds like that mean the torch relay is something of a PR success so far. Locog will be purring.

11.51: Mr Cattle "kisses" torches with Claire, who has been waiting patiently in the harbour. It's lit and the local girl is ready to set off on her leg. Must stress that the crowds in Falmouth harbour really are jolly big.

11.47: Our current torchbearer is the captain of the Cornish Pirates rugby union side, Gavin Cattle.

11.46: A local teacher in Falmouth tells the BBC her school has celebrated a 'Going for Gold week' every year since they learned London was going to host the 2012 Olympics. She says the children get involved in "artwork and international work". What's international work? Sounds like dumbing down to me. Answers on a postcard.

11.41: Ben Ainslie is back:

We've been so lucky with the weather today, it's fantastic. It's been amazing to see so many people out. I'm absolutely flabbergasted. I've never seen anything like it.

11.35: Claire from Truro, a young blonde lady, is waiting to take the flame in Falmouth Harbour. She's torchbearer No 55 of 8,000.

11.30: It's lit! Torchbearer No 49, a young lad, is making speedy progress towards the main congregation of crowds in Falmouth.

11.28: The "kissing" of the flames has gone fairly well so far. But the wind in Falmouthis making it tricky. The torch technicians are using a perspex shield to keep the wind away:

11.26: Here's the latest on those delays from Jacquelin Magnay:

Locog said the torch relay is running 25 minutes late because of the huge crowds. It's nice and sunny and more people than expected are turning out. I say it's because the torchbearers aren't running. They are walking!

11.19: Torch relay well behind schedule. The torch should have reached Falmouth about half an hour ago at 10.53am. But it's still driving there at the moment.

11.13: The local school choir is rehearsing in Falmouth as the hundreds of spectators prepare to welcome the torch. Angels.

11.09: Ashling O'Connor of the Times tweets a picture of the (strict) rules for the record attempt for most people attending a Cream Tea Party, in St Austell. They need to beat 334:

11.05: Next stop is Falmouth, where most of the media are based. So there should be a flurry of news lines once the torch arrives. Right now the torch is in traffic on a main road.

11.03: I take it we're in convoy mode?

11.00: A sad story from Jacquelin Magnay who is following the route today:

A dozen disabled patients confined to wheelchairs were left bitterly disappointed following a mix up in the route of the Olympic torch relay. Residents of St Theresas were allocated a special council approved area on the roadside at the southern end of the beach near St Michael's Mount but their excitement at waving golden streamers and Union Jack banners for the torchbearer was quickly replaced with confusion.

The Locog torch relay convoy of sponsor trucks and official vehicles whizzed by, but so too did a bus containing the torch and torchbearer. "It was more than awful to see, it was bitter, bitter disappointment," local resident Veronica Taylor said.

It all happened so fast, I don’t really know but I do remember thinking, ‘don’t let go’... So I didn’t. I remember being a bit dazed and confused and lots of rolling news crews asking me straight after about my thoughts on China’s human rights.

10.56: A torchbearer named Jerry, or is it Jeremy, takes the flame. "Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!" shout the crowds, who are either familliar with the man, or big fans of American talk shows involving bitter couples.

10.48: That's more like! We have a brass band. We have flags. We have car horns tooting. And we have screaming. Loud, just for the helluva it, screaming. Here's a pic:

10.42: Drummers, the kind traditionally deployed to half marathons, making a big noise in Helston as the flame makes its way down the high road.

10.35: Convoy over and we're heading to Helston with a lady torchbearer who has decided that meandering across the road is the best way to get this flame to the next leg. Security man goes over to help her. She's got two hands on the thing and I genuinely think it may be too heavy for her frame. Should have hit the weights pre-relay. A security guard has a word in her ear and she's now jogging. Or at least her version of jogging.

10.28: Here's a pic of the handover of the flame on a beach near St Michael's Mount earlier. Gorgeous. Doesn't this make you proud to be British?

10.26: The flame is being captured from the torch into a lantern as we prepare to go back into convoy mode.

10.21: Ha! This gentleman torchbearer began his leg with a jog. Then thought better of it and is now walking. As the picture illustrates this is not a man built to run:

10.17: The flame is "kissed" over to our next torchbearer. As the torchbearer is blind he is being helped by a carer, who is setting a steady pace.

10.14: Our current torchbearer is going to cover her 300 metres in her own sweet time. Would rank this as "going to get the Sunday Telegraph from the newsagent but haven't had a cup of tea yet" pace. All this means that we're behind schedule. We should be at Helston but we're only just out of Ashton.

10.05: Former Mayor of London and a key individual on the 2012 bid team, Ken Livingstone, speaking on Sky News, says he hopes Olympic tourists get around the country and "spread their dollars around" as British taxpayers outside of London have also contributed to the public Games budget.

British athletes who win gold at the Olympics will only be given an honour if they have also put something back into society, David Cameron has told civil servants. Under a new approach which will apply from next month’s Birthday honours, there will no longer be “automatic” honours for successful athletes.

What do we think? Is this fair?

09.58: We're on the verge of leaving Rosudgeon before heading to our next location on the relay, Ashton. It's convoymode time, ladies and gentlemen.

09.51: If you missed it earlier here's the video of the moment when Telegraph Sport columnist Ben Ainslie kicked off the torch relay:

09.49: Massive cheers for our latest torchbearer. Is she well known in Rosudgeon? She passes the flame on to the next torchbearer who gets an equally raucous reception. Must just be the Rosudgeon way.

09.46: We're back into convoy as the flame heads to Rosudgeon. Now seems a good time to meet Diana Gould, the torchbearer who will be 100 years old when she carries the flame:

Now, when I go to the local Sainsbury’s people cross the road people, stop me and ask: 'Haven’t I seen you on television?’ It’s very funny, really. You could have knocked me down with a feather when I found out I would be carrying the torch.

09.41 The BBC says over 5m people were watching on television when the flame landed from Athens last night.

09.37: Tassy Swallow, the surfer who took the flame off Ben Ainslie, has spoken:

Ben Ainslie is definitely a role model. I would love to be in his position in the future and be a role model to younger people. Everyone knows that I have had to work hard to get where I am. I was really surprised by the atmosphere here today. Everyone was cheering and calling my name. It is something - will never forget.

09.35: BREAKING: David Beckham's odds of lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony have been slashed to 12/1 by bookmakers Ladbrokes. That photo-op trip to Athens worked then! David Cameron an outside shot at 50/1.

09.11: We're in convoy mode again. With Marazion the next destination at 09.26am.

09.08: Sir Keith Mills, the London 2012 deputy chairman, has spoken:

This has been an amazing journey. For me this is the start of the Games and when the whole country starts to get excited. You have many milestones in this like winning the bid, the lighting of the flame and its arrival yesterday was a special moment. This is clearly another big moment.

09.06: We're still in Penzance where a torchbearer, aided by a carer, is making good ground down the road. A French flag waves from the crowd to show our European neighbours are not bitter about London beating Paris.

09.00: I think we have our youngest torchbearer to date with the flame now. He was at RNAS Culdrose last night and was incredibly well-briefed when questioned by The One Show's Chris Evans. On message and handy with a torch in his hand. This kid will go far.

08.52: The story of the day so far has to be the crowds. Here's the latest bulletin from Jacquelin Magnay:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Jacquelin Magnay - Crowd at st michaels mount is amazing for olympic torch. Nothing like it since Chariots of Fire&lt;/noframe&gt;

08.50: A woman and her shopping just got awfully close to the torchbearer. She was right alongside him for a while. Is it his wife? Either way she's done a good job of creeping under the radar. The Met would be well advised to pin up photos of her around the Olympic Park this summer. Trouble.

08.49: We're expecting the torch to reach Marazion by 09.01. Right now it's still going through Penzance, where the crowds continue to be large. Lots of flag waving and lots of cheering. It feels like the Jubilee has come early.

As Tony Perrottet’s The Naked Olympics describes, a visitor from pre-Christian Olympia would recognise London 2012 as a descendant of the ancient Games – and not always for the most welcome reasons.

08.37: Here's a picture of our girl Bryony with her torch earlier:

08.35: A heck of a lot of people in Penzance too. Cynical types (myself included) might just get sucked up by all this goodwill and smiling.

08.32: Devon and Cornwall Police said around 3,500 people were at Land's End to see the start of the relay.

08.27: Big smiles from Bryony and a competitive jogging pace. Here's a pic:

08.26: BIG MOMENT for the Telegraph. Our very own Bryony Gordon has "kissed" flames, and literally kissed the previous torchbearer, and is on her way.

08.22: Huge crowds in what I believe is Penzance. Lots of Union Flags being waved. And lots of work for the security to do as they try and keep excitement levels down from FRANTIC WAVE to sensible grin.

08.20: DRAMA! BBC say there has already been a hedgerow incident:

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Imelda Flattery - Police with the Olympic Torch Relay have already bundled one man into a hedgerow for getting too close to the torch.&lt;/noframe&gt;

08.16: We have a torchbearer with very pink hair. The first sign of anti-establishment behaviour on the torch relay?

08.13: The current torchbearer is a real waver. Stopping short of blowing kisses. But only just.

08.08: And she's off! NO! SLEEP!.......'TILL PENZANCE!

08.07: The convoy has ended and the next torchbearer, surrounded by the aforementioned security hulks, is ready and waiting to light her torch from the lantern.

08.06: Security on the torch relay is a big concern. The Met have 70 officers on duty to make sure no protests or assaults disrupt the relay. "If anybody is thinking of protesting they should come and talk to us, but you don’t have the right to stop the torchbearer carrying the torch," says National Olympic Security Coordinator Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison. Read more...

07.59: Here's another nice shot of Ainslie with the torch. He looks happy and the flame looks bright:

07.57: Some children are being interviewed on BBC Breakfast. Not really talkative.

Did you get to touch the torch? Nooooo.

Do you have Olympics tickets? Noooo.

Right, well that's that then.

07.54: The flame is now in "convoy mode", which means it has been transported to a lantern and put in a van on the way to Newlyn when it will start again. Throughout the relay the torch will be transported a number of ways, including a zip wire from the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle and a chairlift at the Needles on the Isle of Wight.

07.51: Every torchbearer seems to have handled their nerves pretty well so far. But what happens if they drop the torch, I hear you ask. Well, Locog and the torch's designers say it has been tested to keep the flame burning even if it is dropped from up to a height of 3m. That said, the damage to the body of the torch would probably merit a replacement one being lit.

07.48: Locog chairman Seb Coe has spoken:

A huge thank you to all those who have been involved in the planning process who have helped the London 2012 Olympic torch relay come to life. Everyone has played their part in giving thousands of inspirational people and hundreds of communities their moment to shine.

07.42: The BBC video feed appears to be encountering some difficulties (understandable given the remote location) but if you want to follow the whereabouts of the torch you can do so with our nifty interactive map.

&lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: BBC 2012 - Sorry about the loss of picture from our &lt;a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=bbctorchcam" target="_blank"&gt;#bbctorchcam&lt;/a&gt; Back now. The blokes with the oily rags in their pockets are always ready to act.&lt;/noframe&gt;

07.39: The torch is now somewhere between Sennen and Newlyn, before it hits Penzance at 8.20am.

07.34: Our man Ben Ainslie with his reaction after beginning the torch relay earlier this morning.

I'm very proud for the whole nation. It's a fantastic moment. The torch is actually quite heavy - believe it or not. It was pretty emotional. So much effort has gone into getting the Olympics over to London and I'm very proud for everyone involved. This is great for Cornwall. This is such an exciting period in the run-up to the Olympics. The world championships went very well yesterday but this year is all about the Olympics. The atmosphere here shows what strong home support athletes are going to receive.

07.27: British triple jump legend and ever-present London 2012 cheerleader Jonathan Edwards says Ainslie taking the torch was his best moment so far in the never-ending Olympic build-up. "I had a proper tear," he says.

07.23: In today's Daily Telegraph there is a fantastic torch relay supplement. I'll feed through some of the best bits throughout this morning's live coverage. To start with Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby explain how they designed the London 2012 Olympic torch.

07.20: Swallow is handy on a wave, but she's not a bad jogger either. I think she was on 9-minute mile pace for her leg of the relay. Now the flame is being 'kissed' between the two torches and the third torchbearer is off.

07.17: Ainslie has handed the flame over to the second torchbearer, Tassy Swallow, a local surf champion who yearns for the sport to be adopted by the IOC for future Games.

07.15: Ainslie is playing up to the crowd, letting them all touch the torch. Showman. Oh, now he's broken into a jog in what is a more familliar torch relay pace.

07.12: There's a fair amount of wind but that flame is still burning brightly. Organisers are confident it will stay alight in winds of 35mph and even gusts of up to 50mph. Tests have shown it to handle 50mm an hour of rain or snow and temperatures from -5C and up to 40C.

07.10: Richard Full, who handed over the torch to Ainslie:

I was shaking a bit. It was a real honour to hand it over.

07.09: Ainslie is off! Still a slow walk, with much waving, at the moment, but I trust he'll break into a jog shortly.

07.07: It's lit! Ainslie is just so damn good at everything, isn't he?

07.05: Ainslie, torchbearer 001, is posing for a few pictures before the lantern is used to light his torch.

07.03: The flame is being transported in a lantern towards Ainslie who is standing underneath the famous Land's End sign.

07.01: The chopper has landed! The Duke of Cambridge Prince William will not be involved in the torch relay this morning. Sources say he didn't want to take focus off his Royal Navy colleagues involved in the Sea King search and rescue chopper.

06.57: We're about three minutes away from this Royal Navy rescue chopper landing.

06.55: Ainslie seems intensely relaxed ahead of his big moment. A bit like a groom preparing to wed his third wife.

06.51: An update from our Olympics Editor Jacquelin Magnay who is at Land's End

Paul Deighton says people are lined ten deep on the route into Lands End. "This confirms the optimism I have always had. Response from localcommunities and the inspirational stories behind the torchbearer have been fantastic. The local pub had a "torch-tastic" night last night"

06.48: A helicopter is delivering the flame to Land's End. It will be handed over to London 2012 officials who will then light the torch and hand it to today's first torchbearer, three-time Olympic gold medallist and Telegraph Sport columnist Ben Ainslie.

There is no doubt now: the Olympics have truly arrived in Britain. The arrival of the Olympic torch on British soil on Friday night and the start of the relay on Saturday has made the whole event seem that much more real. Maybe not so much for the athletes, who are mainly overseas or locked down in training camps, but for the spectators it’s the moment when they can really start to appreciate the enormity and significance of this crazy, chaotic, wonderful festival of sport hurtling towards us.

06.43 Good morning and thanks for joining us for live coverage of the start of the torch relay. We're at Land's End in Cornwall for the beginning of a 70-day journey that will end with the torch lighting the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium. The relay begins in just over 15 minutes, so let's get going shall we?